. The American fancier's poultry book. Poultry. SILVER-LACED WYANDOTTE COCK. Our entire yield, which is vastly insuf- ficient to meet the demand, is all con- sumed at home; besides, statistics show that in 1882 we imported from foreign countries 13,000,000 dozen eggs, as against 6,000,000 in 1872. While the Eleventh Census shows a creditable increase in the poultry in- dustry in this country, still it is not yet all that could be desired. The num- ber of chickens for the year 1889 was 258,472,155 ; the number of other fowls was 26,816,545, and the number of eggs produced was 817,211,146. Estim
. The American fancier's poultry book. Poultry. SILVER-LACED WYANDOTTE COCK. Our entire yield, which is vastly insuf- ficient to meet the demand, is all con- sumed at home; besides, statistics show that in 1882 we imported from foreign countries 13,000,000 dozen eggs, as against 6,000,000 in 1872. While the Eleventh Census shows a creditable increase in the poultry in- dustry in this country, still it is not yet all that could be desired. The num- ber of chickens for the year 1889 was 258,472,155 ; the number of other fowls was 26,816,545, and the number of eggs produced was 817,211,146. Estimating eggs to be worth only twelve cents a dozen, this would amount in round numbers to $ 000,000. The States, in order named, lead in the production of chickens : Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio,. LIGHT BRAHMA Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Howard, George Ellsworth. [from old catalog]. Johnstown, N. Y. , A. E. Blunck
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